Vrana, Pastrnak lead Czech team at WJC camp

Vrana, Pastrnak lead Czech team at WJC campTwo players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft, will be part of the 23-man Czech Republic team that will take part in the Hockey Canada National Junior Team Summer Development Camp.

Two players picked in the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft will be part of the Czech Republic team that will take part in the Hockey Canada National Junior Team Summer Development Camp to be held Aug. 3-8 in Montreal.

The camp, which also will feature Canada and Russia, is one of the first steps in the construction of teams that will play in the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship, which will be played in Toronto and Montreal.

Jakub Vrana (No. 13, Washington Capitals) and David Pastrnak (No. 25, Boston Bruins) are two of six players that will take part in the camp who helped the Czechs finish sixth at the 2014 WJC in Malmo, Sweden. Vrana had one goal and one assist in five games; Pastrnak had one goal and two assists in five games.

Buchnevich, a 2013 third-round pick (No. 75) of the New York Rangers was second on the team at last year's tournament with seven points in seven games. Barbashev, a 2014 second-round pick (No. 33) of the St. Louis Blues, had one goal and one assist in seven games. Zykov, a 2013 second-round pick (No. 37) of the Los Angeles Kings, had six shots on goal in seven games.

Of the 28 players on Russia's roster, 19 are eligible for the NHL draft. Of the nine that have been drafted, two were by the Rangers: Buchnevich and goaltender Igor Shesterkin.

The teams will practice and play games around the Montreal area during the week. The Czechs also will take part in the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, playing against the United States on Aug. 9 in Lake Placid, N.Y.

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft